Friday, January 10, 2014

Blog Tour: Nothing Personal by Rosalind James

Contemporary Romance

Date Published:10/18/2013

The Kincaids Book #2

By the author of the bestselling Escape to New Zealand
series--

When you wish upon a star . . .

Alec Kincaid has never met the obstacle he couldn’t overcome—or the woman who
could resist him. And it’s not going to happen now, not with his star shining
more brightly than ever in the high-stakes arena of San
Francisco’s software industry.

Desiree Harlin doesn’t believe in fairy tales, and she doesn’t waste time
wishing. She’s learned the hard way that dreams don’t come true. And with her
reputation and hard-won security on the line, succumbing to temptation isn’t an
option.

But things aren’t always what they seem. And even stars sometimes fall.

Excerpt

She’d spooned up every bit of the rich broth, the chunks of
beef and vegetables, had dipped a second and then a third piece of bread in
olive oil. Alec had watched it all without comment, while dispatching his own
dinner with an alacrity that confirmed to Desiree that he really hadn’t had
dinner yet tonight.

And when they’d finished, he’d insisted, together with Giuseppe—of course the
waiter’s name was Giuseppe, because this wasn’t romantic enough, the white
tablecloth and the single red rose and the candle and the worn brick against
her shoulder—he’d insisted that she order cannoli for dessert.

“Just one,” he coaxed. “If you don’t want it, you don’t have to eat a single
bite. But I think you need to taste whipped cream tonight.”

“Don’t you think she needs some whipped cream?” he demanded of the waiter, who
smiled back at him, sensing, Desiree thought through a satisfied haze of red
wine, succulent beef, and way too much potent testosterone, a truly magnificent
tip.

“Definitely, the signorina needs whipped cream,” Giuseppe agreed.
“And we have the best.”

She wasn’t sure how you had better whipped cream than anyone else, but when the
dessert arrived, she had to concede that this was the best.

Amaretto, one still-sane corner of her practical brain suggested, but that
sensible voice was drowned out, oh so rapidly, by the sensation on her tongue,
the silky smoothness of cream, the almond sweetness of the liqueur, the
delicate drift of pastry and the deep dark pleasure of chocolate. And Alec,
watching her as she allowed the rich concoction to drift between her lips, over
her tongue, down her throat. Watching her, enjoying the sight of her enjoying
herself, as if it were his tongue. His throat.

By the time he’d slapped a hand against the door of the cab that had again been
waiting when they’d stepped out of the restaurant’s front door, leaped back
onto the sidewalk and raised that same hand in farewell, she’d been so lost in
fatigue, wine, and lust that she could only sit back against the scarred
leather and thank heaven that she hadn’t actually kissed him. Or begged him.

Rosalind James is the author of the Kindle-bestselling
"Escape to New Zealand"
series (currently five titles strong), as well as the new U.S.-based
"Kincaids" series. Her first book,"Just This Once," has
sold tens of thousands of copies in the year since it was published, eventually
reaching #85 in the Amazon store. A marketing professional and publishing
industry veteran, Rosalind has lived all over the United
States and in a number of other countries,
traveling with her civil engineer husband. Most recently, she spent several
years in Australia
and New Zealand,
where she fell in love with the people, the landscape, and the culture of both
countries. She loves trying new things in her writing, most recently the
mystery and suspense in "Nothing Personal."

Rosalind credits her rapid success to the fact that “lots of
people would like to escape to New Zealand!
I know I did!”